Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-03-04
THE SLEEP OF DEATH.
Suicide Of a Hopk!nsville Girl who
Went to the Bad Some Years
Aro.

| Louisville Commercial, FEB. gel
Mrs. Willie Fisher, married wo
twenty-six years ofage, living will
her husband at I4l Sixth, near Main
street, committed suicide last night
| by taking four ounces of laudanum,
/ AT about 2 80 o'clock last night, ac'
cording to evidence gathered by DIR
Miller, she lief her room and went al
once To the drug store of NewhOust
Il Co., at the corner of Seventh and
Market streets, where she had refilled
a four-ounce bottle of laudanuni.
Returning to her home, she sat down
at small table and wrote two letters,
one to her husband aud the other 10
her sister, Miss Mollie Webb, who
lived with them. After this she un-
dressed herself, aud, deliberately
drinking the drug, lay down on the
bed TO await the end.
Her husband and sister are both
employed at the harness manufacto-
ry OF Dunlap Bros, OIL Main, between
Sixth aud Seventh streets. They re-
turned home at about 6 O'Clock, and
at once discovered the poor woman's
condition. DIR. Montgomery was
sent for, but despite his efforts she
died at S 80 o'clock. When found
she was insensible, aud the deadly
drug had so taken possession Of her
that no antidote or remedy admins
tered had the least effect. Coroner
Miller began an investigation into the
causes that led her to the act. From
her husband, sister and neighbors II
was learned that she had been In bad
health for about two years, and had
formed the habit of taking opium.
This had so broken her down in
health and mind that it was supposed
she was suffering from temporary
alteration when she committed the
deed Ii was then learned that her
husband had been drinking man,
aud she had always been troubled by
this habit of his. A suspicion ex-
pressed of jealousy of her sister was
promptly denied by the husband,
who stated that he didn't want any
thing sensational published about the
case, as in time it would develop it.
self.
There will be big sensatlon,"
said he to the Commercial, land II
will drag me down TO the dogs"
Further inquiry failed to elicit any
thing from the husband, who divided
his time between sobbing on win
dow-sill and keeping the people in
the room quiet.
The letters left by the young wo-
man were written in an almost illeg-
ible hand and an hours patient work
deciphered only Il few sentences.
From what could be learned che was
elated at the prospect of going to
better land and stated in the letter to
her sister that she died to escape
horrible fate which was about TO be-
fall her. She made charges, which
may not be well grounded, that GER
tain ISLANDERS circulated about her by
her father-in-law aud his wife caused
her to take her life. She asked her
sister to keep her body out of sight Of
The Fisher family. She reiterated
the charges against Mr.. aud Mrs.
Fisher in the letter 10 her husband.
She closed with professions OF ever
lasting devotion and requested that
she be buried OH Thursday.
She was Miss Willie Webb before
her marriage, and came here five
years ago from Hopkiusvllle, Ky,
where her parents now reside. She
was servant in the family of Reu-
ben Buckley, the attorney, aud was
married two years ago to young I ish-
er, at his house.
She was tall, handsome girl, with
yellow hair and blue eyes. Her fig-
ure was an almost faultless one, and
in life she must have been a.beautiful
woman.
Two weeks ago she made desper-
ate attempt to kill herself, taking
about two ounces of laudanum, but
she was discovered in time to save
her life.